DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 30, 28 September 1912, Page 2

DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

(Per Press Association.l Ashburton, September 27. ! Thomas Nolan pleaded guilty at the Magistrate's Court to-day to exposing liquor for sale in the Sehvyn licensing district without a. license, and was fined £lO and costs. William Duncan; absconder from Burnham Industrial School, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering a dwelling at Ashburton and stealing a gold watch and chain valued at £6. Accused was committed to the Supreme Court at Christehurch for sentence. Gisborne,'September 27. Messrs Langlands and Co., contractors for the extension of the Gisborne Breakwater, have, despite the fact that all moveable fittings have been brought ashore, taken ovev the wrecked Star of Canada., and will commence an attempt to refloat her next week. The engines- and boilers, which are now. many feet under water, are valued at £60,000. Wellington, September 27. An interesting incident occurred on the dismasted barquentine Wanganui, alongside the Pipiti wharf to-day, when the Coastal Steamship Company served a writ on the vessel and her cargo, on account of salvage services rendered bv the Arapawa when she towed the barquentine into port last Sunday. The writ on the vessel was solemnly nailed on the mainmast t,y a representative of the Coastal Company, and he also nailed -a writ on a plank of the vessel's timber cargo. The captain of the Wanganui was ..ashore at the time, but a handful of spectators o n the'wharf and the crew Avitnessed the deed. The Coastal Steamship Company's action was, however, solely by friendly arrangement with Messrs Hatrick and Co., owners of the Wanganui, i n order to obtain an equitable adjustment by the Admiralty Court, 'which will sit in Wellington and will be presided over by a Supreme Court judge. The cargo of the vessel alone is estimated to be worth over £50,000. Welhngton, September 27.

Arthur Law, Ik© Cowan, J. Stellin and Davo Ross, described as bookmakers, were charged with breaches of the Gambling Act at the Magistrate's Court in publishing betting cards. The cases were tke outcome of correspondence carried on by Detective Cassels with the defendants, under an assumed name. Law, Ross and Stellin were each fined £5, and Cowan £3. Leave was granted U) appeal to the Full Court.